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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30

M. VIM. Carey, Of Jeoning. was ii
town last Monday.
Mr.. ]. l. Williams is il this civ
spending The holidays with his family.
Mr. Charles Bayard and bis son II.
/. Bayard Of Aberdeen, Oak, arrived
lasfsunday.
Oar fellow toWnsmaD, Mr.. John
Barnett returned last week from I
trip to Florida.
Mr.. Frank Page, one Of the Iowa
immigrants to Jennings, was iu this
city this week.
Mr. H. J. Robinson is building a
warehouse for NJ. J. 3. Loxley on the
Huiehins switch.
MI. Henry Lawport, Of Toronto,
Canada, arrived last week and is stop
ping with friends.
There will be preaching at the First
Baptist Church next Sunday, at la
3D., BY Rev. A. 4 Trailer
Mr. Henry A. Winfree, from Nor.
gan City, arrived here Saturday last,
and is at present one ofthe Echo force.
We are glad to learn that The wife
Of Mr. D. Bloch, Of our city, who has
been sick for sometime, is improving.
A little sunday School scholar in
, says bis father used to be a
christian, bat be is ont Of practice now.
Nr. Waiter Vauderslfce, who for
some days past has been in Houston,
Texas on business returned last week.
Mr. B. D. Jenkins, formerly Of
Canada, but now of the vicinity of
Jennings, was in this city last Mon
day.
The house being erected for Miss
Taylor, on Ryan street, is fast nearing
completion and will be a handsome
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30

a little Sunday School scholar in
, says bis father used to be a
christian, bat be is ont of practice now.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30

There will be preaching at the First
Baptist Church next Sunday, at la
d., by Rev A. Z. Trailer.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30

We are glad TO learn that The wife
Of Mr.. D. Bloch, Of our city, who has
been sick for sometime, is improving.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30

Mr. Henry A. Winfree, from Nor
gan City, arrived here Saturday last,
and is atpresent one ofthe Echo force.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22
LAMENT OF oFTHETURKEY GonBLER.

n something plaques my nightly rest,
And chills by day my feathered breast,
\ dim, al underlined distrust,
j something without shell or crust.
l hear the chipping chicks at play,
hear the pullet's joyous lay;
And loud and on above it all
The loTdly cocks seraglio call.
Indeed, from troubled dreams at night
Full on rise when stars are bright
To gaze into the glowing sky
And wish were that old shanghai.
And when he crows the curtain up,
And morning hastes to brim his cup,
| sigh, turn, and look within
The bottom of my plate of tin.
Alas what see re:-alas!-
All me, AS in a looking glass
" hat ece thete, :, i.h sta4sii4.. eyes
That swim in tears that swiftly rise:
lIealless. feetless, plucked and roasted,
Stuffed with oysters broiled or toasted,
\ gOhblcr that resembles me
With fascinating gaze scc'
| a. not know what learning CABS
| scarcely know my q, D, abs:
Translate me then, o listener kind.
These words | likewise therein find;
Like phosp sphorcsCcnt letters old
I pom TIE wall when thunder rolled.
They burn and gleam and upward flare:
Christmas Day is near-Irep0re'
-7fd-Bis.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22
CHRISTMAS In THE GRAND ARMY.
From TIE .imcricua Maga-tne.

from Tie imcrlcan Magazine.
Far be it from me to detract in any
measure from the credit that belongs
to DR.. Stephenson for founding our
Order in 1850, after We had all will
ingly retired from active service, but
| always feel that the most memorable
period OF our comradeship was during
the four years when We were lying the
foundations OF lasting peace, with
bayonets for trowels, and Virginia
mud for mortar. Itwas with the first
call for volunteers in the early sum
mer OF loGl that the Grand Army was
really born, and it is OF the Christmas
anniversary as little Coterie knew it
II those d.ys that | would offer q few
"reminiscences.
II IS doubtful, perhaps il many Of
rs remember much about the first
Christmas spent in the field. Indeed,
the advent of the day was without
special significance to a considerable
proportion of the men. Any excuse
was welcome, however, which broke
the monotony Of the quiet that be-
came a by-word of camp life along the
Potomac that first winter, and there
We're few regiments in which some
thing was not done to honor the day.
In the vicinity of the capital, then
practically besieged, these celebrations
Were perhaps more general than else.
where. Ready communication with
the North oendered it easy for friends
to ship boxes and barrels by the car
load, and although the facilities for
transportation had been strained a
month before in honor Of Thanks
giving, they were again called upon
for an extra effort on behalf OF Christ.
mas.
The writer remembers that first
Christmas with peculiar distinctness,
as It saw the formation OF "Society"
OF which but two members survive to
meet in this year of grace, 1887. 1t
was in the afternoon when the cele-
Lratious were mostly over, thst our
nesS-we were all at that time in the
ranks-was sitting together about the
lire place which We had constructed
at the inner end of the tent. \ mail
mad arrived the same day, and every
man was reading or writing. One Of
our number, whom We had nicknamed
Maps" because he always treasured
every scrap OF topography that he
could lay his hands on, was happy
with a folding pocket-map Of tht
United States which he had just re
ceivei b. mail, and which he faith
fully carried till it was worn out.
Presently he asked il anybody
knew how many Of the States wer,
exclusively rebel-without a singh
known public example Of the star
and stripes.
Five, said the statistician. afte
moments reelection "Alabama
Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas and Geor
Sia,'
"Wrons," said Maps" Next"
One OF two other suesses wer
Lazarded, when Maps" announce
that the latest news showed that th
the iiag was once more flying in al
but two Of the States.
Tybee Island had just been occu
pied in Georgia; the national force
were established near FL Paso, Texa
on Ship Island, Mississippi, at th
mouth of the Mississippi River, anC
/ in short, everywhere but in Arkanss
aud Alabama.
That's doing pretty well, after all,
added Maps, considering the tin
We have been about it"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22

Our regiment, with sadly depleted
ranks, was bivouacked at Culpepper,
Va, when the third anniversary came
round. More than half Of us were Of.
fcers by this time, and there was no
difficulty in the matter of hiring a
hall, for several log-cabius had been
erected in anticipation o: winter quar-
tiers.
The proceedings were as before.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22

No regular meeting Members or
substitutes Were all present in TIE
immediate aeighborho d Of Fort Fish
er, y. c., but the conditions were not
favorable to reading reports.
As one Of the two survivors Of the
society, and IRON the first its perma-
nent chairman, it only remains for ne
to report that no meeting took place
after Christmas, 1868. The records
are among my most treasured relics Of
the war, and sometime they will be.
come the property Of the Post o. which
am a memter that Is, unless my
comrade Johnston, Of -- Post,
survives me, in which case my heirs
at-law will hand over the records to
him, and ! suppose they will 60 to his
Post.
There are only six OF the war-worn
volumes left. Number Five is known
to have been destroyed with it's owner,
by the bursting of shell in our rifle
pits in front Of Petersburg. Number
Seven was lost in the Wilderness, and
has never been heard from but as
Number Three was returned to me by
a RECONSTRUCTED Reb' only two years
ago, have hopes that its missing fell
low may still be found somewhere.
1t has been told how the fret leaves
of each book were reserved for what
may be termed its own particular
descriptive list, and it will readily
be understood that these short, pithy
memoranda afford a striking record OF
the vicissitudes that besst the soldier
IN marching volunteer regiment.
vii transcribe the record Of Number
TREE, as a sample CT the rest
Continued on 4th Page
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22

The same Number One read the dI-
AIRY of events, but poor Bruin no long.
er answered 10 the call Of Number
Two, though his note. book had been
recovered with its upper left hand
corner shot away, and dark brown
STAINS remained on its ruSset covers.
1t was st Charcellorsville on the third
/ day of the fight that he fell, and with
characteristic fidelity to duty it was
found that, late on the night before,
he had written up the surprise and
rout of the llth corps, with caustic
comments on the heedlessness of its
commander. Curiously enough his
life ended with the last general dis
aster that befel the often defeated but
finally triumphant Army of the Poto.
mac. He died before any of us knew
that Stonewall jackson had been
fatally wounded early in the fight.
The official records now on file re-
port 62' engagements for the year,
but our journalist had heard OF only
2lu the fact being that neither the
newspapers nor camp gossip took ac-
count Of small affairs which in the
earlier days Were magnihed into
battles. The summing W, after the
reports had been read, Was "a follows:
Daring the year We have been
badly beaten in two great battles
Charlottesville and Chickamauga-
bat the first cost the Coufederacy the
life OF its most dasLing general, and
tue second was more than retrieved a
few weeks later at Chattanooga. As
before, il has been the fate OF the Po-
tomac Army 10 fight over and on the
Old familiar ground, but Gettysburg
has settled once and forever the ques-
tion OF invading the Northern States.
In the Western Department the geo.
graphical gains have been rapid, and
the Confederacy has been cut IN two
by the opening OF the Mississippi
River The rebe! armIe have been
hopeiessly weakened 10y battle and
destruction, and there are 10 more re-
crults. The hope Of intervention OH
the part of England has nearly disap-
peared, and 1t only remains for lis to
hold our own against the flower Of the
rebel army while the coil tightens
around the rest OF the CoufedtraCy.
While this meeting was in progress,
almost unknown to its members one
outsider after another had dropped in,
until the little cabin was packed, and
pyramids OF blue overcoats crowded
both windows and the single door.
When Number Eight concluded his
summing up, a roar of applause arose
that brought the oihcer cf the day
with file Of men to see what was the
matter, and he was hardly persuaded
that it was not his duty to report the
whole proceeding at headquarters.
An orderly adjournment was had,
however, but mass meeting organized
outside, which elected itself an hon;
orary member Of the Christmas Pha.
lanx, aud notified the active member.
ship that in 1864 the reports must be
read in public, on pain Of regimental
court-martial.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22
1862.

Save for a few scattering shots-a
little furry between the pickets up
toward Falmouth-all was quiet along
the Rappahannock on Christmas Eve,
1862; and the survivors of our cor.
Po.al's guard, with the new members,
had no difficulty in assembling for our
second regular meeting.
Very material changes had taken
place. Three Of the original members
had been killed in action, two were in
hospital, wounded, and one was absent
on sick leave. The dead had been
replaced by new members, and the
absent were represented by temporary
substitutes. These, as provided by
our articles OF association, were a very
different looking set from the compar-
atiyely fresh recruits who a year
before had lounged in a comfortable
tent near Washington. Then, We had
received only one beating of any ac-
couut-that at Bull Rnn-and in he
few trihing affairs of pickets IN which
We had taken part nobody had been
hurt, and We hardly knew what il
was to so unshaven and without
change of clothing. Then, neither
side had settled down seriously to The
business of war. All told, there had
been only about $50 engagements, il
most Of which both sides could cl4iu
the advantage with some show Of res
son, while in the more important one
on land We had been uniformly worst
ed. Now, We were veterans every
one. Even the most fastidious mar
in the mesa fellow who had beer
a consumptive theological stndent oil
enlistment-was now a bearded youn,
rough who never caught cold, coult
out-msrch many a stronger eomrads
aud had to economic rigiily when b
started out with three days ration
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22

MAPS, was always dispose 70 be
optimistic. but we had o9nntsr-
weight in "Bruin," so calIss, who
always took the glOomiest ressibIe
view of the situation.
You call that doing pretsx we'll,
do you? Looks promising, don't it,
with a combined feet Of English,
Spanish and French ships bound for
Mexico, and England getting ready
to pitch into US on account G the
Mason -Slidell affair, aud the rebels
| generally licking US whenever they
meet us on anything like equal terms?
Give me that mapl' and he piahsd it
up against the canvass wtsgat very
one could see. Here are your rebel
States; here your Union Army, on a
narrow strip south of the Potomac,
and rebel pickets and batteries on the
river above and below, within sight
OF ths capital. Nearly 100000 men
under arms-so one of the New York
papers says-and here We lie doing
nothing.
Bruin was confronted with the Port
Royal affair, the successful defense of
Port Pickens, and a dozen lesser en-
gagements, which We claimed for
Union victories, but he was hard to
move, and predicted certain war with
England if Mason and Slidell were
not liberated and full apology made.
There was at least one lawyer present,
and when asked for his opinion he
gave us what at this distance Of time
seems to have been a very sensible
view Of the case, forestalling in many
particulars the diplomatic arguments
OF Mr.. Seward and expressing his
belief that the rebel agents would oe
surrendered.
Upon the whole we did not have
what you might call a very merry
Christmas evening, for after dress
parade the discussion was resumed
ana kept up till taps and afterward,
the general conclusion being that
though Mcclellan was a good fellow
in his way, he had already reached
the limit Of his usefulness. 1t is
needless to say that this opinion was
not shared by the majority Of the rank
and file. Little Mac was always
popular with the Potomac Army, and
our mess was regarded with suspicion
by most OF its comrades, because Of
its disposition to criticise the higher
powers without respect to personal
popularity.
Before the evening was spent, how
ever, We had informally incorporated
ourselves as society, had appointed
the next meeting at year from date,
and had designated several of our
mum ber.t to read reports on the situa-
ton at that time. Maps" was in
~tructed to prepare rough sketches
showing the movement Of events, and
before tattoo eight men signed the
roll OF the society, and pledged them
selves to further its objects, each
having some special work assigned
Iip,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-12-22
Mr.. JOHN 7. VANRlSWICK,

Constable, will IL in Lennaritown every
Tuesday and saturday to attend 70 all bus
inesS entrusted a. him.
Nov. IL, S6--tft
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-13
Spirits Around a Death-Bed.

The deathbed OF George Garrett
Sickles, father OF Gen. Sickles, was be-
lieved by the aged man to be sur
rounded by spirit forms. He had for
many years been a. spiritualist. His
vigorous mind and body made him
an aggressive man, and he therefore
made no secret OF his experiences.
Whenever he was i'll he said that he
was visited by legions of forms, per-
fectly visible and audible to him; and
in his final sickness they were ex-
tremely attentive, entering his cham
Der in troops and beguiling his tedi-
um. OF the ministcations of a band
of spirit musicians he spoke particu-
larly He said
l had been visited by them before.
when sick abed, and their intention
clearly was to soothe and solace me.
There were forty of them, and each
carried a musical instrument of q kind
not used at present, though CORE
spending In some cases to our violins
and wind instruments. They wore
curious uniforms, and their leader was
a distinguished looking man--doubt.
less some great musician of the past.
They marched in through the door
and ranged themselves round my bed.
The leader bowed graciously to me,
and all removed their caps in profound
salute. Then, under the chiefs direc.
ton, they played the most beautiful
music that can be conceived tunes
that were strange to nae. but full OF
harmony and melody. The sound
was soft and weird, but wonderfully
soothing. | lay and listened for over
an hour. I was wide awake. It was
no dream. After the strange concert
was done they bowed politely and
withdrew W. Next day they came again,
and that time PLAYED nearly all the
afternoon. They could not be seen OF
heard by anyone except me. Surpris.
ing? Not to me. have had such ex.
periences SO often that my only senti.
ment was one OF gratitude and pleas.
ure.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-13
Chairman Walker Plays Porter.
From tbo Albo,y ro,,,

The name Of G. c. B. Walker is ia
millar in the Democratic politics OF this
State. He is now chairman of the
Democratic State Committee. Mr..
Walker is a homespun, everyday
sort of man, and in summers idle
day wanders about the depot of his
Steuben County home at Corning,
watching incoming trains. Some sum
mers ago found him at the depot one
day with his coat off, for it was a
very hot day. He sat upon trunk
absorbed in some problem OF success,
both State and National, for his party,
when a lady from an incoming train
approached him, saying, "I declare,
there are no truckmen about. Are
you a truckman?" she asked of Mr..
Walker. Quick to seize joke, Mr..
Walker replied:
eyes, mum!''
''Well, [ want you to carry my three
valises to Mr.. c. G. 3. Walkers house,
she authoritatively commanded.
Amazed as to who his caller was,
Mr.. Walker seized the three heavy
grips, and followed the lady meekly
over mile to his own house. When
the door-bell rang, he winked to the
opener to keep still.
.How much my good MANI" the
lady asked.
''Well, mum, I'll have to charge you
seventy five cents, num-" as he doff-
ed his hat and wiped off a sea OF
sweat from his face. The money was
paid. Mr.. Walker disappeared down
IN the basement to reappear half an
hour later in the parlor before his as
tonished guests eyes-an old friend of
his family, whom he had not seen for
years. In the midst of exclamations
ofsurprise, explanations were made.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-13
Dancing and kissing,

On dancing and kissing T. w. Hig-
ginson writes in Harper's Bazaar: It
may be asserted, in a general way,
that wherever in the United States
you do not find dancing you find kiss
ing. In communities where dancing
was dissaproved I have seen 'sstring
games called for and carried into
practice at entertainments held in
school-houses and even at church So
ciables. In such places, church mem
sand, for aught know, deacons-
take part in the amusement; and [ have
SCENT develop a frlskiness, SO to speak,
in grizzled men, which made them, one
would say, anything but seductive or
beguiling to the young and fair.
Among those of earlier years kiss
ing becomes, in such communities, a
systematic pursuit, like hunting or
fishing. Young girls whose parents
object to it are neglected Or disliked;
a young man IN such a village told a
friend of mine, with some Indignation,
that she was the only girl in town
whom he had not kissed. It is of no
use to object to it as immoral where
the church members are committed to
it. Perhaps it can not be called i'm
moral; but when society has reached
a certain stage OF refinement these
vanish. The symbol Of that increased
refinement is usually dancing. Dane
ing, whatever its drawbacks, serves
practically as the antidote to kissing
games; where one begins the other dies
out. They do not seem to flourish
side by side; at any rate, people
rarely go back from dancing to kissing.
Granting, for the sake of argument,
that it's necessary to have some
amusement, the choice lies. IN our vii
lagos and their scattered families, be-
tween 6 hese two forms Of relaxation.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-13

after it was proposed we were hurry,
ing to the lower end of the island.
The, saurians pursued us i1sboth chan
nels, thrashing the water in a terrible
way; and we had scarcely stopped
when full score Of them attempted
to land. and would have done so had
wesnot driven them back by the fire oi
ourguns. The four natives removed
their hats and shirts, rolled them into
four respective bundles, and at a
signal these were tossed far out into
the lagoon. There was q terrific rush
ofsthe reptiles, and at the same mo,
nent we skurried for the boat and
pushed off. We had nicely outwitted
the4enemy, and as we started away
the two oarsmen pulled asstout stroke.
We were 800 feet from the island, and
almost in the river, when there was
a. sudden shock which threw us
all down, and two of the ma.
tlves went overheard. Wehad struck
a snag and stove our boat, and the
water rushed in SO fast that she
swamped inside of two minutes. The
two natives set up dismal wall, and
started off in a body tor swim to the
island. Had they swami quietly they
might have reached it; but the poor
fellows were half-crazed with fear, and
they splashed the water about and
kept up a kind OF wailing, and the
{alligators were at once put on the
sscent.
"Great God! but we are to be eaten
alive!' gasped my companion as the
boat settled down with us.
ssDon't follow" / warned, as he
prepared to strike out after the ma
tlves. eff we have any show at all,
it is in drifting out into the river with
the boat.'
The gunwales OF the boat were
awash, and we were both in the water
clinging to the craft, he on one
side and ON the other. There
was a sluggish current there, but we
had not drifted, thirty feet from the
snag when we heard the shrieks and
screams of the. natives as the reptiles
rushed upon them There was a ter
rible fight over the victims, and the
waves kicked up helped to drive us
from the locality, and were probably
the means OF saving our lives.
After the first few words neither OF
us spoke. Any attempt to cheer and
encourage would have been mockery.
The first moment we were sighted by
a saurian our time had come. AS we
drifted slowly along one passed nae by
not more than ten feet as he made for
the island, and for a few secondsI Twas
blind with terror. Foot by foot we
drifted away, and at length struck the
current OF the river, and it was not
five minutes later when a boat from
the steamer picked US up. They had
heard the firing and knew that we
were in trouble, but had come,too late
to save our helpers from a. terrible
death.